All 3 and 4 year old children are entitled to 15 hours of funded term time childcare. From September 2017, some working parents will be able to claim an additional 15 hours of funded childcare.

To be eligible to apply for the additional 15 hours of funded childcare, the household must:

Be a two-parent working family or a lone working parent

Have all parents working and each parent earning on average:

the equivalent of 16 hours a week at the National Minimum or Living Wage (includes income received from tax credits or Universal Credit), and

earning less than £100,000 per year

NB if one parent’s income exceeds £100,000 the household will not be eligible

Both parents usually working, but one is temporarily out of work for a particular reason, as explained below:

One/ both parent/s is away from work on leave (parental, maternity etc.)

One/ both parent/s is in receipt of Statutory Sick Pay

Parents on zero-hours contracts will be eligible, as are those who are registered as self-employed.

One parent is employed and the other parent has either: substantial caring responsibilities/ and or disability based on specific benefits received for caring; is a foster carer with their own three- and four-year-old children.

Parents who are in training will not be eligible as they can receive other Government support.